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* A companion piece to Kent's two volumes of Vietnam War-related soul, "A Change Is Gonna Come" is an audio documentation of how it felt to be black and American in the 1960s.
* 23 exceptional tracks, covering everything from interracial relationships to poverty, hardship to emancipation, from segregation to the rise of the Black Power movement, by leading artists of their generation.
* Contains many songs that have achieved anthemic status over the past five decades.
* More than half of the featured tracks have never been on CD prior to this compilation.
* A very timely release, following on from the copious amount of media coverage that James Brown merited, especially regarding his role as a spokesperson in the 60s and specifically his efforts for black pride. This CD is sure then to emulate the same kind of attention in the music and national press that the Vietnam projects attained.
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Tracklist
1 A Change Is Gonna Come - Otis Redding
2 We're a Winner - Impressions
3 When Will We Be Paid - The Staple Singers
4 Blues For Mr Charlie Pt. 2 - Lou Gossett
5 Only in America - The Drifters
6 Stay With Your Own Kind - Patrice Holloway
7 The Ghetto - Homer Banks
8 And Black Is Beautiful - Nickie Lee
9 I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing (Open The Door I'll Get It Myself) Pt. 1 - James Brown
10 Message from a Black Man - The Spinners
11 Forty Acres And A Mule - Oscar. Brown Jr.
12 Have You Ever Seen The Blues - Yaphet Kotto
13 Oh Lord, Why Lord - Parliament
14 We Are Neighbors - Chi-Lites
15 I Was Born Blue - Swamp Dogg
16 The Prayer - Ray Scott
17 Cryin' In The Streets Pts 1 And 2 - george Perkins
18 Free at Last - Jackie Day
19 George Jackson - J P Robinson
20 Run Charlie Run - The Temptations
21 Someday We'll All Be Free - Donny Hathaway
22 The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
23 To Be Young, Gifted and Black - Nina Simone